Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch After months on the sidelines of US-led peace talks, Europe is trying to rise to the challenge of guaranteeing Ukraine’s post-war future in the event of a…
Shorouk Express Nato must be ready to respond to hybrid threats, top commander says Nato must be ready to respond to increasing hybrid threats in order to defend its member states’ territory, the alliance’s top military commander said. Hybrid threats refer to both military and non-military tactics designed to undermine an adversary’s security and typically…
Shorouk Express Putin accused of ‘wasting the world’s time’ after Trump’s peace plan stalls Senior Ukrainian and European officials have accused Russia of not pursuing “any kind of peace” and wasting the world’s time. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the Russian president Vladimir Putin “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to…
Shorouk Express Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview published Wednesday that conditions for a just peace in Ukraine are unlikely to be met. “The reality is that peace can be good, bad, or some kind of compromise. The reality is also that we Finns must prepare for the moment when peace comes, and…
Shorouk Express Putin’s infamous meeting table Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Ushakov sit round a table. This isn’t the start of a bad joke: it’s what is going on right now in the Kremlin, where top US officials are seeking agreement from Moscow for a peace deal in Ukraine. They…
Shorouk Express The American side wants to finalize the issues of territory and security guarantees, Axios reported on Sunday. But as POLITICO reported earlier, Zelenskyy will make the final decision on any territorial issues. “The Americans want to finalize it completely, Ukrainians want to know what they will bring to Moscow,” the official said. Zelenskyy…
Shorouk Express “The task is clear: to swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war,” Zelenskyy said. “Ukraine continues to work with the United States in the most constructive way possible.” The Ukrainian officials are expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Florida, Bloomberg reported….
Shorouk Express While politicians wrangle over Trump’s peace plan, soldiers are still dying, says Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, the Academy award winning director of 20 Days in Mariupol, gave The Independent an insight into morale on the frontline after the limited release of his latest documentary, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, put him straight on the…
Shorouk Express For opposition lawmaker Lesia Vasylenko, Yermak’s departure “shows that there’s zero tolerance for corruption and the president listens to the concerns of the people.” Others said his exit comes as a breath of fresh air. Now Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be without his producer as he prepares for fraught negotiations with the U.S. over…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Ukraine and the United States appear to be edging closer to a peace deal over the war with Russia, in a potentially significant diplomatic shift following crunch…
